Residential Demolition · Salt Lake City
House demolition in Salt Lake City typically costs $9,000 to $28,000 depending on square footage and takes two to five days on site once permits clear. A teardown needs a demolition permit, an asbestos inspection, and signed utility disconnect letters first. Utah Demolition Pros handles all of it, takes the house down, hauls every load, backfills, and leaves a graded lot.
Free written quote within 24 hours. Licensed and insured in Utah.
At a glance
Permit
Required
Any house, attached garage, or detached structure over 200 sq ft needs a demolition permit. We pull it.
Asbestos
Inspection first
Utah requires an inspection by a certified inspector before demolition, and the city wants to see it.
Time on site
2 – 5 days
Teardown, load-out, backfill, and grade. Permitting adds two to four weeks up front.
Utilities
Disconnect letters
Power, gas, water, and sewer all have to be capped and confirmed in writing before demo day.
Scope of work
One crew, one contract, one number. You are not managing five vendors and hoping they show up in the right order.
Single-story, two-story, split level, and mobile homes. The structure comes down in a controlled sequence, not all at once.
Attached and detached garages, carports, barns, and shops, with or without the house. Slab removal included if you want it gone.
Stem walls, footings, and basement walls broken out and removed, then backfilled with clean structural fill and compacted.
We open the tickets with Rocky Mountain Power, Dominion Energy, and the water and sewer authority, then chase the sign-offs the city requires.
We schedule the certified inspection, file the notification, and bring in a licensed abatement contractor if anything comes back positive.
Every load hauled off, holes filled and compacted, and the lot graded so your builder or excavator can start without cleanup first.
Before demo day
This is the part most homeowners do not see coming, and it is the reason a teardown takes weeks instead of days. We run all five steps for you, in this order.
Asbestos inspection by a certified inspector
Utah requires a survey for asbestos-containing materials before a structure is demolished, regardless of the age of the house. The inspector samples suspect materials such as popcorn ceilings, floor tile and mastic, siding, duct wrap, and pipe insulation, then issues a written report. Salt Lake City wants that report as part of the demolition permit file.
Required by state ruleNotification filed with the Utah Division of Air Quality
A demolition notification goes to the state before work starts, even when the inspection comes back clean. The notice period is 10 working days, which is usually the longest single item on the schedule. Filing it late is what pushes a project a week or two to the right, so we file it the day the inspection report lands.
10 working daysAbatement, if anything came back positive
If the report finds regulated asbestos, a licensed abatement contractor removes it under containment before demolition, and issues a clearance. This is separate from demolition work and priced separately. Roughly speaking, older homes in the Salt Lake Valley find something more often than not, so we quote your teardown with a clear line for it rather than pretending it will not happen.
Priced separatelyUtility disconnects and written confirmation
Power, natural gas, water, and sewer all have to be disconnected and capped at the main, and each utility issues a letter confirming it. Rocky Mountain Power and Dominion Energy schedule their own crews, and sewer capping typically needs a licensed plumber with an inspection. The city will not issue the demolition permit without these letters in hand.
Letters requiredDemolition permit issued
With the asbestos report, the state notification, and the disconnect letters attached, we submit for the demolition permit. In Salt Lake City, a detached accessory structure of 200 square feet or less generally does not need one. Anything larger, and anything attached to the house, does. Erosion and dust control requirements come with the permit and we handle both on site.
We pull itRequirements are current for Salt Lake City The full sequence, in the order it actually happens, is in our Salt Lake City demolition permit guide, and what demolition costs in Utah is broken down service by service. and Salt Lake County and vary in other jurisdictions along the Wasatch Front. We confirm what applies to your specific address before quoting a schedule. In plain terms: a detached garage or outbuilding is $2,500 to $6,500, a house up to 1,500 square feet is $9,000 to $16,000, a house from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet is $16,000 to $28,000, and removing a full basement adds $4,000 to $8,000. Two questions come up constantly on teardowns: can you demolish a house yourself in Utah, and where the debris actually goes.
How it works
01
Free quote
We walk the property, note access, structure size, and what is going back in. Written quote within 24 hours.
02
Permits and prep
Asbestos inspection, state notification, utility disconnects, and the demolition permit. Two to four weeks, run by us.
03
Demolition
The structure comes down in sequence with water on the dust, neighboring property protected, and the site fenced.
04
Haul-off and grading
Debris sorted and hauled, recyclables diverted, holes backfilled and compacted, lot graded and ready to build.
Pricing
Square footage is only part of it. Access, basement depth, asbestos, and how much of the foundation you want gone move the number more than the size of the house does.
Ranges reflect typical Salt Lake County residential projects. Access, basement depth, abatement, and disposal volume affect final pricing. Your written quote is exact and free, and the price does not change unless the scope does.
Service areas
Based in Salt Lake County, we run residential demolition throughout the valley and along the Wasatch Front. Permit requirements change city to city and we handle whichever set applies to your address.
Related services
Driveways, patios, slabs, and foundations broken out, hauled off, and left ready for the next pour.
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Ready to clear the lot?
Free written quote within 24 hours. Permits, demo, haul-off, and grading handled.
